The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the review of financial reports of companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange has accused the management of Oando Plc of declaring false financial statements and unrealised profits.

This is contained in a letter signed by Imoh Anast, head, SEC’s legal department, and sent to Wale Tinubu, Oando CEO.

SEC said the company breached the code of corporate governance on two occasions: having different approval methods for the remuneration of the CEO and other executive directors and having KPMG carry out the last board evaluation of the company in 2012.

“Misstatements in the 2013 and 2014 audited financial statements of Oando Plc arising from the OEPL transaction: Following the structuring of the OEPL transaction in contravention of the ISA 2007, Oando Plc recorded a profit of about N6 billion leading to a profit of N1.4 billion for the year 2013,” the letter read.

“The company subsequently declared dividends from the profit. Having admitted that the action was in breach of the ISA 2007, Oando Plc restated its 2013 & 2014 audited financial statements which contained material false and misleading information contrary to section 60(2) of the ISA 2007.

SEC added that some persons with sensitive information about the company traded the company’s shares before it released its 2014 financial statement where it reported a loss of N83 billion.

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